Yes. Good tip if I wanted to stay in the Mac environment. I want, however, to have this work in the terminal. I guess I should have mentioned that but, I thought it was implied. At any rate, my problem is solved and I am off to the races using less keystrokes to accomplish my goals.
Jeff On 2011-03-17, at 1:14 PM, louie wrote: > Jeff, > To cut down on typing go to the folder that you want to be in and Make a > Alias. > > On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > >> I was looking for a way to cut down on my typing. Some times the changing >> of directories can get quite tedious with a large directory structure of a >> website. I've solved it now and will begin making additional shortcuts. >> Jeff >> >> On 2011-03-17, at 12:57 PM, louie wrote: >> >>> Jeff, >>> While in the finder press shift + command + g. Then type in the path you >>> want to go to. >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >>> >>>> The entire point of the script is to dump me there so I can continue on >>>> doing stuff. >>>> >>>> I have done some searching on the internet and found a way to make this >>>> happen. >>>> >>>> I was running my script with the following line: >>>> >>>> sh websites (websites being the filename) >>>> >>>> If I run it with the following command, it leaves me there when done: >>>> >>>> . websites (a dot before the name | websites still being the filename) >>>> >>>> Sometimes you just have to stumble on to an answer to figure it out. >>>> >>>> Thanks all for reading through. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> On 2011-03-17, at 12:35 PM, louie wrote: >>>> >>>>> You will be in /webserver/documents as long as the script is running. >>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As said, I created the file. I chmod 755 so it is executable. I have >>>>>> added an echo line which tells me the script is executing fine. >>>>>> However, when the script is over I am left in the same directory - my >>>>>> ~jeff directory. Is there a reason why a script could not change to the >>>>>> mentioned directory? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thx, >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2011-03-17, at 12:11 PM, louie wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Jeff, >>>>>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents >>>>>>> runs fine in terminal. >>>>>>> Give us a bit more details. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm trying to create a unix executable file to change to a commonly >>>>>>>> used directory on my computer. I can't, however, get it to run. Can >>>>>>>> anybody assist? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have created a file that contains: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ****** >>>>>>>> #/bin/bash >>>>>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents >>>>>>>> ***** >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have also tried creating it without the #!/bin/bash line at the top. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have done a chmod 755 on the file but, I cannot get it to run. Are >>>>>>>> there any steps I am missing? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thx, >>>>>>>> Jeff >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> louie >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> louie >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> louie >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > louie > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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